Viking

Art is continually evolving and expanding to better reflect what an artist is trying to express through their work. An artist’s inspiration for their artwork is generally derived from the emotions they feel throughout their lifetime. These emotions stem from the world and events that surround an artist which determines their theme, or content, within a piece of work. The subject matter is then chosen as a means to express to the sentiments the artist is trying to convey. Given an artist’s…

Journal Entry 2: Chapters 2 and 3 both discuss how we all need to use categories to effectively function on a daily basis, and that we often do so without conscious thought. For this journal entry, think about your behaviors (both communication behavior and others) over the last few days, and identify two categories that you regularly use when making decisions, forming opinions, etc… For both of these two categories: a) specify what it is, b) discuss how you developed this category, and c)…

I wanted to choose a topic which would relate to the vikings because I was always very interested in this area of history. I needed to choose a topic more specifically, therefore I chose Vikings trade and exploration because in my opinion it would be a very interesting topic to discuss. To make my research question I needed to narrow it down to specific region of the world. With my instructor's help I came up with ''In what ways did the Vikings influence Europe during the Early Middle Ages in…

chapter 9: Raiders from the Sea, and chapter 10: Viking Kings in Dublin. I chose these topics due to the reason that I wanted to learn more about the Viking lifestyle, how they came to conquer and have so much wealth and land, I chose to accompany my research on chapter 9 by complementing it with research on chapter 10 for it too delved into the history of Vikings and their amassed power. Now while the “Raiders of the Sea” chapter discusses the Viking lifestyle and the reason for the pillaging…

comes to Viking sagas, biases are very evident because these sages “glorify their adventures and show great esteem for them.” Furthermore, the authors of the Vinland Sagas display their biases. In both sagas, for example, they mention how successful the Viking settlement was in the new land they discovered, but never mention why they never returned to that land. The sagas creators’ biases then becomes clear because they left out these details, leaving the reader questioning why the Vikings…

Americans had been living on it for hundreds of years prior-but Columbus wasn’t the first explorer. He may have all the credit, but Vikings stepped foot in the Americas centuries before him. America was discovered by Vikings before Columbus, and early Native Americans before the Vikings; it's a confusing circle but broken down into smaller parts it becomes an easier one. The Vikings discovered America and stepped foot on it nearly five hundred years before Columbus. Natives had been living on…

other civilizations had first sailed to the Americas. Some of those civilizations are the Viking/Norse and the Polynesians. Who was Christopher Columbus? Columbus was an Italian navigator, who sailed westward across the Atlantic, in his search of new routes to Asia. During the voyage, he indeed reached land, but it was no Asia. He landed on what is known today as North America and the Caribbean. Body I: The Vikings: Around the year 985, Erik the Red sailed west from Iceland, to an island he…

The Viking warriors were devote to their causes, devout from birth until their usually bloody deaths, and this is what added to the beauty of their culture, their undying loyalty. Beowulf is a Viking warrior, and throughout the story shows his loyalty to his people, by enduring trials, or battles with Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the Dragon. Proving his worth Beowulf conquers the monsters to earn honor and respect among the Vikings, but he also commits himself to these…

it. Enf, the captain of Vikings who was there at that moment, threatened Jones that he would commit suicide along with Ravos if he was to leave. However, Jones being the selfish person he was, he decided that his own life was more important. After all, he had two vicious ISIS members pointing their rifles at his head. Deep inside Jones, there was a feeling of intense guilt, but ended up coming to the conclusion that he would try his best to honor the integrity of Vikings on Potenza. Iron…

to Týr’s day (the god of war and law and justice), Wednesday means Odin’s day, Thursday is Thor’s day, and Friday represents either the goddess of marriage (who is married to Odin) Frigg or the goddess Freyja. Saturday though was not named by the Viking and instead came from the ancient Roman god Saturn. Although seemingly a dead religion, in the 19th century, the term Asatro (Ásatrú) developed and became popular to describe this religious belief in the…